Psalm 89:19–37

¹⁹Then you spoke in a vision to your faithful one and said,

“I have set the crown^z on one who is mighty;

I have exalted one chosen from the people.^*

²⁰I have found my servant David;

with my holy oil I have anointed him;^*

²¹my hand shall always remain with him;

my arm also shall strengthen him.

²²The enemy shall not outwit him;

the wicked shall not humble him.^*

²³I will crush his foes before him

and strike down those who hate him.^*

²⁴My faithfulness and steadfast love shall be with him,

and in my name his horn shall be exalted.^*

²⁵I will set his hand on the sea

and his right hand on the rivers.

²⁶He shall cry to me, ‘You are my Father,

my God, and the Rock of my salvation!’^*

²⁷I will make him the firstborn,

the highest of the kings of the earth.^*

²⁸Forever I will keep my steadfast love for him,

and my covenant with him will stand firm.^*

²⁹I will establish his line forever

and his throne as long as the heavens endure.^*

³⁰If his children forsake my law

and do not walk according to my ordinances,^*

³¹if they violate my statutes

and do not keep my commandments,

³²then I will punish their transgression with the rod

and their iniquity with scourges,^*

³³but I will not remove from him my steadfast love

or be false to my faithfulness.^*

³⁴I will not violate my covenant

or alter the word that went forth from my lips.^*

³⁵Once and for all I have sworn by my holiness;

I will not lie to David.^*

³⁶His line shall continue forever,

and his throne endure before me like the sun.^*

³⁷It shall be established forever like the moon,

an enduring witness in the skies.”   Selah